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Police teach kids traffic safety lessons

The Omaha Police Department is teaching kids how to cross busy crosswalks safely to ensure they aren’t intimidated when crossing the street.

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Updated: 6:18 PM CDT Aug 1, 2013

Police teach kids traffic safety lessons

The Omaha Police Department is teaching kids how to cross busy crosswalks safely to ensure they aren’t intimidated when crossing the street.

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Updated: 6:18 PM CDT Aug 1, 2013

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WEBVTT A BUSY CROSSWALK CAN BE INTIMIDATING FOR ADULTS.... LET ALONE SMALL CHILDREN. THAT'S WHY THE OMAHA POLICE DEPARTMENT IS HELPING YOUR KIDS BECOME "STREET SAFE". KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN'S KYLE GRAVLIN SHOWS US....SOME KIDS LEARNED IT ALL TODAY. (Jenny Nelson: What color is the light now? Red!) CROSS WITH CAUTION. BUCKLE UP. JUST A COUPLE OF THE MANY LESSONS LOCAL KIDS ARE LEARNING FROM OMAHA POLICE OFFICERS THIS WEEK.(Jenny Nelson: It's about an hour long training...we go over everything.) AND IT'S NOT JUST TRAFFIC TRAINING . THE KIDS ALSO WATCHED VIDEOS ON FIRE SAFETY... AND AVOIDING "STRANGER DANGER" AT THE PLAYGROUND.(Jenny: The turnout has been great, we like to keep the groups small so we can educate them as best as possible.) THURSDAY MORNING'S PARTICIPANTS WE'RE MAINLY "PRE-K" AND KINDERGARTEN STUDENTS. BUT OMAHA POLICE OFFICER JENNY WILSON SAYS THEY'RE HAPPY TO TRAIN ANY KIDS THAT ATTEND... AND THAT THIS TRAINING IS IMPORTANT ...EVEN IF YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER DOESN'T TAKE THE BUS OR WALK TO SCHOOL.(Jenny: They go on field trips and they are away from their parents, so we want to teach them to know this without having an adult present.) ADRIENE ATKINS FEELS BETTER KNOWING HER LITTLE COUSIN ATTENDED THE SESSION.(Adriene Atkins: I think she'll be a little...she won't be as nervous her first day of school.) AND WAS HAPPY TO SEE THAT O-P-D OFFERS THE TRAINING TO KEEP KIDS SAFE. (adriene: I think it's great...I think it's good...we need more like this.)(Jenny: If everyone is buckled up we can go to the lights, how exciting, right?) TRAINING THAT CAN GIVE KIDS, PARENTS AND POLICE...A LITTLE MORE PEACE OF MIND. IN OMAHA, KYLE GRAVLIN, KETV NEWSWATCH SEVEN. THE FINAL SESSIONS ARE TOMORROW FROM TEN TO TWO AT WESTROADS MALL. SIGN-UP IS AT THE CHILDREN'S PLAY AREA NEAR DICK'S SPORTING GOODS. AND IT'S FREE.

Police teach kids traffic safety lessons

The Omaha Police Department is teaching kids how to cross busy crosswalks safely to ensure they aren’t intimidated when crossing the street.